School: Calry (roll number 10473)

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   “There once lived a man whose daughter was taken away by the fairies...”

   

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   said "Maybe she is". The man brought the girl home and sure enough she was his daughter.

   

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   “Once upon a time there lived a hedge school master and he was very fond of the game "Hounds and hares".”

   

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   Once about a time there lived a hedge-school-master and he was very fond of the game "Hounds and hares". All the boys except one were the hares and that one was the house. One day there was a great race and when the hound came home he was very tired. His parents and all the neighbors joined and followed him and in the end he turned himself into a black pig. He then ran much swifter till he came to a river where a girl was washing clothes. She hit the pig with a beetle and killed him. Calry is known as the valley of the black pig.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Mhórdha

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Colgagh, Co. Sligo